pesticides
Reports
2
11.04.2022
- Workshop Report
Workshop Report on the MetaPath User Group Web-conferences held on 10.11.2021, 18.11.2021 and 01.12.2021
04.05.2016
- Meeting report
Scientific principles for the identification of endocrine disrupting chemicals (213.82 KB)
Background Information
6
16.05.2016
- BfR Background Information No. 012/2016
WHO/FAO committee (JMPR) re-assesses glyphosate and confirms the BfR and EFSA conclusion that a carcinogenic risk is not to be expected (52.65 KB)
21.04.2016
- BfR Background Information No. 010/2016
Epidemiological studies on glyphosate: No new findings for the European risk assessment (43.21 KB)
28.09.2015
- BfR background information No. 034/2015
Assessment of the BfR concerning epidemiological studies on carcinogenic effects of glyphosate in the context of the EU active substance review (37.17 KB)
22.09.2015
- BfR Background Information No. 033/2015
The BfR has made a comprehensive check of the epidemiological studies on glyphosate (29.91 KB)
14.09.2015
- BfR Background Information No. 029/2015
Legal procedures in the field of plant protection (136.73 KB)
03.08.2015
- BfR Background Information No. 032/2015
Test guidelines and guidance documents in the field of plant protection products (92.55 KB)
Opinion
9
30.07.2017
- BfR Opinion No. 016/2017
Health assessment of individual measurements of fipronil levels detected in foods of animal origin in Belgium (85.45 KB)
20.06.2016
- BfR Opinion No 029/2016
Residual levels of plant protection products in honey do not pose a health risk (23.23 KB)
24.06.2014
- BfR opinion No 042/2014
No evidence for autistic disorder as a result of pesticide exposure in the womb (25.86 KB)
12.05.2014
- BfR opinion No. 028/2014
BfR recommendations for the health assessment of chlorate residues in food (38.83 KB)
06.03.2014
- BfR opinion No. 011/2014
BfR opinion on "Major pesticides are more toxic to human cells than their de-clared active principles" by Robin Mesnage, Nicolas Defarge, Joël Spiroux de Vendômois and Gilles-Eric Séralini (47.64 KB)
14.06.2013
- BfR opinion No. 014/2013
Glyphosate in Urine - Concentrations are far below the range indicating a potential health hazard (73.12 KB)
06.12.2012
- BfR opinion No. 042/2012
Association between Parkinson’s disease and rotenone (49.94 KB)
08.11.2011
- BfR Opinion Nr. 050/2011
Measured residues of the pesticide Fenamiphos on cucumbers pose a health risk for children (27.70 KB)
07.07.2011
- BfR Opinion Nr. 035/2011
New data on health aspects of Glyphosate? A current, preliminary assessment by BfR (51.00 KB)
FAQ
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02.06.2022
- Updated BfR FAQ
Frequently asked questions about health risk of ethylene oxide in food (237.73 KB)
10.01.2022
- BfR FAQ
Monitoring of Pesticide Poisoning in Germany: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (79.51 KB)
13.10.2017
- BfR FAQ
Frequently asked questions about the "Monsanto Papers and Glyphosate" hearing at the European Parliament on 11 October 2017 (78.23 KB)
15.08.2017
- Updated BfR FAQ
Frequently asked questions about fipronil levels in foods of animal origin (47.57 KB)
01.03.2016
- BfR FAQ
Frequently asked questions on the assessment of the health risk of glyphosate (77.99 KB)
Presentation
7
11.04.2016
- Presentation Professor Dr. Dr. Andreas Hensel, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR)
Goals and Perspective of the Meeting (1.35 MB)
11.04.2016
- Presentation David Dix PhD, US Environmental Protection Agency
ED Screening Programme of the US EPA - First Results and Conclusions (4.86 MB)
11.04.2016
- Presentation Hiroaki Aoyama PhD, Institute for Environmental Toxicology
A Japanese View on Assessment of ED (4.48 MB)
11.04.2016
- Presentation Professor Alan Boobis PhD, Imperial College London
Feedback from the experts commenting (75.13 KB)
16.05.2014
- Presentation Dr. Francisco Paumgartten, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation Brazil
Epidemiological evidence on glyphosate and adverse pregnancy outcomes (2.35 MB)
16.05.2014
- Presentation Dr. Jochen Buschmann, Fraunhofer Institut Hannover Germany
Regulatory Guideline studies to investigate developmental effects of glyphosate (793.03 KB)
16.05.2014
- Presentation Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Chahoud, Carité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Germany
Lesson on Glyphosate Assessment for Risk Management (37.99 KB)
Infographic
2
21.09.2016
- Infographic
Zonal authorisation procedure for plant protection products in the EU (183.41 KB)
14.06.2016
- Infographic
EU Approval Process of Active Substances in Plant Protection Products (244.18 KB)
Conference report
1
18.06.2014
- Conference report
European Conference on Safe Use of Plant Protection Products (88.23 KB)
FAQs
3
Other documents
4
10.09.2021
- Invitation
Invitation to comment the DRAFT report "Analysis of the information flow of pesticide related metabolism studies: Part Draft proposals for improvement"
19.04.2017
- SZ-Conversation
Bad weeds grow tall (272.57 KB)
Press releases
19
Topic pages
11
Communication
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29.02.2024
- Communication No. 012/2024
Residues of plant protection products with PFAS active ingredients in fruit and vegetables: Is there a health risk? (165.33 KB)
20.12.2023
- Communication No. 069/2023
Christmas trees: green and poisonous?! (148.29 KB)
15.11.2021
- BfR Communication No 035/2021
Endocrine Disruptors: A Cause for Obesity and Diabetes? - EDCMET annual meeting and BfR Stakeholder Workshop on new test methods for the the evaluation of endocrine disruptors (122.15 KB)
23.11.2020
- BfR Communication No. 054/2020
Across the fields and far away: Adverse health effects due to spray drift from plant protection products are unlikely (227.28 KB)
18.01.2018
- Updated BfR Communication No. 002/2018
Updated assessment of the health risks posed by longer-term consumption of foods containing fipronil (58.99 KB)
22.12.2017
- BfR Communication No. 036/2017
Glyphosate: New epidemiological study finds no connection between cases of cancer and use of plant protection products containing glyphosate (82.25 KB)
16.11.2017
- BfR Communication No. 033/2017
Supplementary remarks on the process of assessing the plant protection product active substance glyphosate, on the independence of the BfR and on legal data requirements in assessment procedures (40.55 KB)
27.10.2017
- BfR Communication No 031/2017
BfR supports EFSA and ECHA with the development of European guidelines for the health assessment of endocrine disruptors (34.54 KB)
15.09.2017
- BfR Communication No. 028/2017
Glyphosate: BfR has reviewed and assessed the original studies of the applicants in depth (40.80 KB)
25.08.2017
- Updated BfR Communication No. 024/2017
Assessment of glyphosate levels in beer (23.97 KB)
11.08.2017
- BfR Communication No. 020/2017
Health assessment of fipronil levels in chicken meat in Germany based on the first analysis results for pullets and laying hens from the few affected businesses in Germany (36.29 KB)
10.08.2017
- BfR Communication No. 019/2017
Fipronil in foods containing eggs: Estimations of maximum tolerable daily consumption (47.35 KB)
08.08.2017
- Updated BfR Communication No. 017/2017
Health assessment of the first analysis results on fipronil levels in foods in Germany (33.54 KB)
06.07.2017
- BfR Communication No. 012/2017
Glyphosate: EFSA and ECHA respond to Christopher Portier (38.97 KB)
30.05.2017
- BfR Communication No. 008/2017
No new findings on the risk assessment of glyphosate (82.46 KB)
15.03.2017
- BfR Communication No. 002/2017
ECHA classifies glyphosate as non-carcinogenic, non-mutagenic and non-reprotoxic (49.06 KB)
30.09.2016
- BfR Communication No. 031/2016
More transparency on glyphosate: BfR supports the release by EFSA of raw scientific data (32.77 KB)
17.06.2016
- BfR Communication No. 015/2016
BfR welcomes the scientific criteria of the European Commission for identifying endocrine disruptors (50.00 KB)
19.05.2016
- BfR Communication No. 013/2016
Popular misconceptions, opinions and questions in connection with the BfR risk assessment of glyphosate (86.58 KB)
04.05.2016
- BfR Communication No. 011/2016
The BfR publishes workshop report based on the expert meeting on endocrine disruptors (70.62 KB)
12.04.2016
- BfR Communication No. 007/2016
Endocrine disruptors: scientific discussion on the basic principles for the assessment of substances that influence the hormonal system (40.22 KB)
04.03.2016
- BfR Communication No. 006/2016
Sensitive populations, especially children, are the measure of all things in scientific risk assessment (47.74 KB)
12.11.2015
- BfR Communication No. 042/2015
Glyphosate: EFSA and Experts from EU Member States Confirm Scientific Assessment of German Authorities (28.61 KB)
08.09.2015
- BfR Communication No. 028/2015
BfR review of the IARC monograph of glyphosate brought into the European assessment process (34.08 KB)
30.07.2015
- BfR Communication No. 024/2015
BfR reviews monograph of the International Agency for Cancer Research (IARC) on glyphosate - divergence procedure within the WHO still in progress (37.52 KB)
29.07.2015
- BfR Communication No. 023/2015
BfR reported fully on all the available information regarding the assessment of the carcinogenicity of glyphosate (30.50 KB)
26.06.2015
- BfR Communication No. 019/2015
Evaluation of glyphosate contents in breast milk and urine (39.68 KB)
08.06.2015
- BfR Communication No. 016/2015
Does glyphosate cause cancer? - Expert group to address diverging assessments within the WHO (32.90 KB)
02.04.2015
- BfR Communication No. 008/2015
BfR-contribution to the EU-approval process of glyphosate is finalised (38.49 KB)
23.03.2015
- BfR Communication No. 007/2015
Does glyphosate cause cancer? (38.78 KB)
14.01.2015
- BfR communication No. 002/2015
EU active ingredient test for glyphosate: current situation and outlook (61.46 KB)
21.10.2014
- BfR communication No 037/2014
Omics methods in regulatory toxicology: Experts discussed possibility of application (96.46 KB)
24.07.2014
- BfR communication No 027/2014
Experts discuss how to further standardise the assessment for safe use of plant protection products (40.27 KB)
05.06.2014
- Communication No 016/2014
